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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF 

 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF GARDENERS 



President, Vice-President, Treasurer. 



J. W. EVERITT, 

 Glen Cove, N. Y. 



Vice-President, 

 W. S. RENNIE, 

 Ross. Cal. 



JAMES STUART, 

 ManiaronecU, N. Y. 



Secretary, MARTIN C. EBEL, Madison, N. J. 



TRUSTEES FOR 1914. 

 Peter Duff, Orange, N, J.; William Kleiiiheinz, Ogontz, Pa.; Wm. Tur- 

 ner, Mendham, N. J.; Geo. W. Hess, Washington, D. C. ; John H. Dodds, 

 Wyncote, Pa. 



DIRECTORS, 



To serve until 1916 — Thomas W. Logan, Jenkintown, Pa.; John F. Huss, 

 Hartford, Conn, ;■ Jas. MacMachan, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. ; A. Bauer, Deal 

 Beach, N. J.; John W. Jones. Pittsburgh. Pa.; Alexander McPherson, 

 Washington, D. C. ; James C. Shield, Monticello, 111. 



To serve until 1917 — A. J. Smith, Lake Geneva, Wis.; Theodore Wirth, 

 Minneapolis. Minn.; Wm. Hetrick, San Gabriel, Cal.; Robert Angus, 

 Tarrytown. N. Y. ; Robert Bottomley, New Canaan, Conn. ; Alex. Fraser, 

 Newport, R. I.; Arthur Smith, Reading, Pa. 



To serve as directors for three years, until January 1, 191S — William H. 

 Waite, Yonkers, N. Y.; William N. Craig, Erookline. Mass.; Erward Kirk. 

 Bar Harbor, Me.; John W. Johnston, Glen Cove, N. Y. ; Carl N. Fohn, 

 Colorado Springs, Colo.; Peter Johnsen, Dallas, Tex.; Thomas Proctor, 

 Lenox, Mass. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PARK SUPERINTENDENTS 



President, Secretary-Treasurer, 



GUSTAVE X. AMRHYN. ROLAND W. COTTERILL, 



New Haven, Conn. Seattle, Wash. 



Vice-Presidents, 

 JOHN McLAREN, CARL W. FOHN, JOHN HENDERSON. 



San Francisco, Cal. Colorado Springs, Colo, Montreal, Canada. 



HERMAN MERKEL, CHARLES HAIBLE, I. H. PROST, 

 New York, N. Y. Newburgh, N. Y. Chicago, 111. 



Vol. XIX. 



APRIL, 1915. 



No. 4. 



In commentin.t;' etiitorially on the success of the 1914 

 International Plower Show in these columns a year ago, 

 we remarked: "We have always been firm believers that 

 a flower show in New York City can be made as popular 

 among society folk as the horse show is, but whenever 

 expressing such an opinion we are usually told to 'wake 

 up.' We are not given to prophesying, but we venture 

 the prediction that 1915 will see our dream realized." 



The 1915 International Flower Show held in New 

 York last month has fulfilled our prophecy, and nnw e\en 

 those who have been most doubtful in the past of ever 

 seeing a flower show made popular in our great cosmo- 

 politan city are looking forward to see things accom- 

 plished a year hence that have never before been contem- 

 plated at a flower show in this country. 



In the arrangement, color efifect, grouping and quality 

 of exhibits of the show just cojicluded, the critics were 

 practically unanimous in their opinion that they were the 

 finest ever produced on this side of the Atlantic. There 

 was but one criticism heard, and that was on some of the 



"trade" displays found at the show. We are sure, how- 

 eser, that the features objected to will be eliminated in 

 future shows and that hereafter nothing will be tolerated 

 among trade exhibits except genuine horticultural requi- 

 sites. It must not Ije overlooked that an enormous mone- 

 tary outlay enters into a flower show of the magnitude of 

 the New York show and from the showman's viewpoint 

 it is regarded as good business policy to dispose of all 

 available space and so the fakir occasionally gets entry 

 where he does not fit in. This hri])pened in New York 

 this year, but the experience has taught that the standard 

 of exhil)its for which trade space is sold must be of the 

 very highest if they are to harmonize with the entire 

 ^how, and judging by the reservations made for the 1916 

 flower show in New York before that of 1915 was ter- 

 minated, it seems doubtful if all the legitimate trade ex- 

 hibits can be provided for in another year. 



The entire management of this flower show is to be 

 congratulated on its great success, artisticalK'. financialh- 

 and otherwise. 



The personal sacrifices made by some of those of our 

 w ealthy classes to aid suffering humanity in the countries 

 at war was daily evident at the New York I'lower Show, 

 where a tea garden was maintained for the benefit of the 

 American Red Cross Society. The two most active work- 

 ers were Mrs. Belmont Tiffany and Mrs. \\'m. Kinnicutt 

 Draper, who were to be found at the flower show morn- 

 ing, noon and night during its entire existence — yes. and 

 many days before, planning and superintending the co- 

 struction of their garden — and directing the many details 

 as chairman of their respective committees. 



They were compensated, however, by the great success 

 of their efforts, which also materially accrued to the suc- 

 cess of the flower show. A permanent benevolence con- 

 ducterl annually under the auspices of these ladies in con- 

 junction with the New York spring flower show, which 

 has beyond all doubt become a fi.xed event, wrudd prove a 

 valuable adjunct to it. 



Attention is directed to the professional gardeners' sec- 

 tion of the schedule of the Fourth National Flower Show, 

 to be held in Philadelphia, under the auspices of the So- 

 ciety of American Florists and Ornamental Horticul- 

 turists, in March, 1916. Liberal provision has been 

 made for the private grower and his co-operation is heart- 

 ily sought at this national show. The Eastern States are 

 to have three important spring shows next year in the 

 following cities : Philadeljjhia, New York and Boston — a 

 boon to horticulture — and it is to be hoped that the dates 

 of the several shows will be so arranged that they 

 may not clash with each other and will give opportunitv 

 for exhibitors to be represented at all three shows. It is 

 none too soon to prepare for the Eastern horticultural 

 festival of the spring of 1916, 



Beginning with the May number we will establish a de- 

 partment which will disseminate reports and suggestions 

 each month on the preservation of our native birds, under 

 the direction of the Committee on Bird Protection of the 

 National Association of Gardeners. Mr. L. P. Jensen, chair- 

 man, advises that his committee already has the assurance 

 of co-operation from Dr. H. W. Henshaw, Chief of the U. S. 

 Bureau of Biological Survey. The committee invites con- 

 tributions to these columns from all bird lovers on their 

 experiences on bird preservation. 



